Abu Dhabi: Under the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE has announced an emergency humanitarian response worth $30 million to support civilians affected by the deteriorating situation in El Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan. The assistance will be delivered »»»

LONDON: The Palestinian Authority issued a warning on Sunday regarding an Israeli plan to annex and transfer control of more than 142 archeological sites in Hebron Governorate to a civilian body linked to the Israeli government. Jabr Al-Rajoub, director of the Tourism and Antiquities Directorate in»»»

Dallas: Spain captain Rodri warned Portugal on the eve of Monday's World Cup last-16 clash that the European champions can still get a lot better. Spain, one of the favourites in North America, were held to a shock 0-0 draw with debutants Cape Verde to open their title charge. They then beat Saudi »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Zelensky does not need Ukrainians, dead or alive, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik on Sunday, commenting on Ukraine's refusal to halt strikes on Konstantinovka to recover the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen. "Zelensky does not need Ukrainians, neit»»»

LONDON: Jordanian authorities intercepted on Sunday two attempts to smuggle a large quantity of narcotics along the eastern front using electronically directed balloons. Border Guard forces thwarted the attempts in collaboration with the Anti-Narcotics Department, seizing the drugs, according to Jo»»»

One man was critically injured in a fire in Los Angeles Friday after illegal fireworks went off, setting two vehicles on fire in a motel parking lot. File Photo by Stuart Palley/EPA July 5 (UPI) -- One man was critically injured in a fire in Los Angeles Friday after illegal fireworks went off, sett»»»

Philadelphia: Tournament favourites France will go into their World Cup quarter-final against Morocco with their confidence further bolstered by the manner in which they saw off Paraguay on Saturday, as Didier Deschamps' team showed they are happy to "get their hands dirty" as well as play brillian»»»

LONDON: Bahrain’s High Criminal Court held its first hearing on Sunday in a national security case involving 19 people accused of belonging to a “terrorist” organization linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The individuals are accused of undermining national unity, attempting to alte»»»

Dubai: A 28-year-old newlywed woman’s mysterious death in South Delhi’s Lodhi Colony has triggered allegations of dowry harassment and murder from her family, even as police said they are examining all possible angles, NDTV reported. The death of Akriti Sutar, a resident of Pushp Vihar, is the late»»»

Share: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, left, with Abbas Araghchi, center, traveled to Switzerland in June for a second in-person meeting with Vice President JD Vance and the American delegation.Credit…Pool photo by Urs Flueeler Any Israeli attempt to kill Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister, or Mohammad»»»

New Delhi: Incessant rains over the past few days caused floods in several areas in central, west and southwest India, while a red alert for heavy rains was sounded in New Delhi on Sunday. At least four people had died in rains-related incidents in the country's financial capital Mumbai, according »»»

doha: The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) secured second place with its national team at the Regional Joint Cybersecurity Training organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and hosted by the Republic of Zimbabwe. The training brought together representatives from African an»»»

A sprawling Trump-branded development in Transylvania has formally appeared in an official U.S. financial disclosure, confirming for the first time that the project has moved beyond speculation and into documented international business interests. At the same time, Romanian officials are advancing »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia and Venezuela remain good partners despite the difficulties that the South American country currently experiences, and they will continue deepening cooperation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. "Guided by historically established fraternal ties, Russia and Vene»»»

LONDON: Police arrested an 84-year-old retired priest in London on Sunday for expressing support for Palestine Action. The arrest came during a protest marking one year since the ban on the group under anti-terrorism legislation came into force, The Independent reported. Outside Scotland Yard, the »»»

Dubai: After a four-year struggle with India’s film certification process, Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Satluj (previously titled Punjab 95) was briefly released on OTT platform ZEE5 in India before being taken down two days later, Indian media reports said. Also Read: Laapataa Ladies actor Satendra Soni»»»

Beijing: Beijing and Moscow announced Sunday they will hold their annual joint naval exercises off China's coast, with Russia saying the drills will begin Monday. The two countries have close economic and diplomatic ties, and their relations are strengthened by shared opposition to a global order d»»»

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Lisbon: Archaeologists have discovered several prehistoric rock engravings estimated to be more than 23,000 years old at Portugal's Coa Valley Archaeological Park, according to the reports of Lusa news agency on Sunday. The findings were made on the so-called "Rock 9" of the Fariseu archaeological »»»

London: A man in his 40s was killed in a shooting in Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, on Sunday morning, Irish police said. The shooting occurred at around 830 a.m. at Patrician Park on Kill Avenue, according to An Garda Siochnna, Ireland's national police service. The man's body remained at the scene»»»

Wildfires sweeping southern France are threatening a stage of the Tour de France, with officials set to decide later Sunday whether Monday's race can proceed. The blaze, which has already scorched 1,500 hectares near the Pyrenees, is part of a wider wave of fires across southern Europe fuelled by e»»»

London: British politician Nigel Farage on Sunday faced fresh allegations over non-disclosure of gifts after a newspaper reported a convicted fraudster paid for his security and staff before he became an MP. An MP said he had asked parliament's standards commissioner to investigate the new claims a»»»

In line with the Ministry of Finance’s efforts to remove procedural obstacles and facilitate company establishment, Rasha Abdel Aal, Head of the Egyptian Tax Authority (ETA), announced that amendments to certain provisions of the Unified Tax Procedures Law (Law No. 206 of 2020) include the introduc»»»

Banks operating in Egypt recorded combined net profits of EGP 218.410bn during the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, according to a report published on Sunday by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). The report showed that net interest income reached EGP 284.472bn, while net operating income totalled EGP 306.»»»

JUZUR has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hossam Fahmy Consultancy to develop the strategic vision, operational concept, and leasing strategy for Neo, its mixed-use commercial project in New Cairo. Under the agreement, the consultancy will shape the project’s overall concept and ide»»»

The growing use of Hollywood celebrities and internationally recognized personalities in Egypt’s real estate campaigns is no longer a branding exercise. Industry experts say it has evolved into a strategic marketing approach aimed at positioning Egypt as an international investment destination, sup»»»

US President Donald Trump has broken with the paradigm of the rules based international order and is causing chaos with his transactional modus operandi that puts “America first”. At the same time the global emerging markets have come of age and have put on enough economic and military muscle so th»»»

SOCOTRA: The Digital Empowerment of Yemeni Teachers project has launched activities to enhance the professional and technical skills of 500 teachers in the governorates of Aden, Abyan, Hadramout, Al-Mahra, and Socotra. The initiative is supported by the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program »»»

US President Donald Trump has broken with the paradigm of the rules based international order and is causing chaos with his transactional modus operandi that puts “America first”. At the same time the global emerging markets have come of age and have put on enough economic and military muscle so th»»»

Russian forces have continued to make incremental gains across eastern Ukraine, moving closer to several key urban centres as Ukrainian officials and military analysts warn that the battlefield situation is deteriorating despite continued Western reporting of a “turning point” in the war. Russian f»»»

1 of 2 | President Donald Trump called the United States’ 250 years an “unmatched achievement” during his Fourth of July speech in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/UPI | License Photo July 5 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump called the United States' 250 years an "unmatched achie»»»

United States: Howling winds and lashing rains battered Guam and the Northern Marianas late Sunday hours before the projected arrival of a "super typhoon" with equivalent force to a category-5 hurricane over the US Pacific territories. Super Typhoon Bavi was forecast to roar westwards over the area»»»

Kampala: Uganda has contained the spread of Ebola nearly two months after the outbreak was declared following the importation of cases from the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a senior health official said on Sunday. Diana Atwine, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Health, s»»»

Manila: Two passengers and the driver of a tricycle were killed, while three other passengers were seriously injured after the vehicle collided head-on with a sport utility vehicle in Sarangani province, southern Philippines, on Saturday, according to a local media report on Sunday. Local police sa»»»

Caracas: Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes killed nearly 3,000, updated official figures showed on Saturday, as international rescue teams began winding down search operations for survivors in the rubble of the disaster. Fatalities jumped by more than 300 from Friday to 2,954, following the »»»

A week-long funeral for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has begun in Iran, with thousands of mourners urging the country’s authorities to exact revenge on the US and Israel for his killing. The burial ceremonies come more than four months after Khamenei was assassinated on February 28»»»

The parliamentary opposition in Poland has demanded answers from the government of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk after reports of a secret delivery of in-demand Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine. On Saturday, several Polish social media accounts, including prominent blogger Pawel Sokala, »»»

Doha, Qatar: A World Cup opportunity did not arrive through scouts or stadiums for Roberto Lopes, but through LinkedIn, which at first he ignored. The Irish-born central defender assumed the message, written in Portuguese, was spam and didn’t take long before moving on, leaving it sitting unanswere»»»

Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index closed Sunday's trading session higher by 35.06 points, or 0.34 percent, reaching 10,246.22 points. A total of 157,545,216 shares were traded during the session, with a total value of QR 272,709,352.260 through 12,918 transactions across all sectors. The s»»»

Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes killed nearly 3,000, updated official figures showed on Saturday, as international rescue teams began winding down search operations for survivors in the rubble of the disaster. FRANCE 24's Maxime Pluvinet reports from Caracas.»»»

Tens of thousands of mourners flocked to Tehran's Grand Mosalla Mosque to pay their respects to late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday. Among them were representatives from Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis of Yemen, members of the "axis of resistance" that Iran has long supported as»»»

Iranian leaders joined prayers Sunday over the casket of late supreme leader Ali Khamenei during a second day of funeral ceremonies. Arash Azizi, contribuing writer at the Atlantic, said Iran needs to "normalise relations with the US somehow" as he pointed to the economy which is in tatters followi»»»

A decorated US Air Force serviceman with no history of violence suddenly abducted, raped and murdered a three-year-old girl. When a search party found Jimmy Shaver wandering near San Antonio, Texas, he appeared to be in a trance, unable to explain where he was or how he had gotten there. After his »»»

Paris' appeals court is set to rule Tuesday in Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement case, a decision that could determine whether one of France’s leading presidential contenders can run in next year’s election.»»»

Moscow, June 05 (QNA) - Archaeologists in the center of the Russian city of Anapa have found a rare bronze ring bearing the image of the Egyptian Queen Arsinoe III, who ruled between 220 and 204 BC during the Ptolemaic period. The ring was discovered inside a hole attached to an old house dating ba»»»

JERUSALEM: Israel’s military chief visited forces deployed around Beaufort castle in southern Lebanon on Sunday, vowing to push ahead with the campaign against Hezbollah. “The IDF will continue to operate decisively to remove threats from Lebanese territory and is prepared to transition rapidly to »»»

Gaza: Four UAE humanitarian aid convoys entered the Gaza Strip this week under Operation Chivalrous Knight 3, comprising 47 trucks carrying 416 tonnes of relief supplies, including food parcels and shelter materials, as part of the United Arab Emirates' ongoing humanitarian efforts to support the P»»»

As drums echo beneath Mount Olympus and torch-bearing worshippers sing hymns to Zeus, an ancient tradition comes alive each summer in northern Greece. For more than three decades, followers of the country's pre-Christian gods have gathered for the Prometheia Festival, reviving rituals rooted in ant»»»

ALKHOBAR: Pottery workshops, cooking classes, candle-making sessions and escape rooms are replacing cafes and restaurants as the go-to social outing for a growing number of Saudis, reflecting changing leisure habits as experience-based businesses continue to expand across the Kingdom. Rather than s»»»

Doha, Qatar: Weather inshore until 6:00 am on Monday will be relatively hot, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report. Offshore, it will be hazy at times. Winds inshore will be mainly westerly to northwesterly at a speed of 03 to 13 knot gusting to 18 knot at places at times. »»»